Remember the SF Giants’ Stitch ‘n Pitch? Well, I did finish the scarf I started at that game…
…and a good thing, too, since today Melissa and I are off the the Oakland Athletics’ Stitch ‘n Pitch! (Aren’t we ecumenical?) It’s also free A’s cowboy hat day, so we’ll be raking in the goodies. The scarf is worked in double moss stitch using a single skein from Tallgrass Yarns.
I’ve kept up with my dishrag play using mosaic stitch patterns from the Barbara Walker books.
And here’s what you get when you work self-striping yarn on the diagonal (patterns from Leisure Arts’ Dishcloths from the Heart).
At UCSC we’re beginning the season of day-long meetings, and I’m publicly taking on my new job coordinating writing placements tests and rceords. I’m in charge of the morning half of tomorrow’s mega-meeting, then have contributions to make to more meetings on Tuesday and Thursday. Next Sunday, we give the placement test on campus and spend all day Monday scoring it. My new responsibilities will cut into my knitting time a bit—while I can attend meetings and knit, I don’t think it would be wise to run them while knitting. Nonetheless, I’m prepared for any opportunities that arise: I finished the decorative border on the next piece of the Origami Cardi, so I have about a half-acre of stockinette to knit now that will be easy to pick up and put down.